The Deeps
The Deeps is a strait in Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Deeps is situated nearby to the locality Sandy Voe, as well as near the hamlet Silwick.Places of Interest
Highlights include Oxna and Hildasay.
Oxna
Island
Photo: Jon Beer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oxna is one of the Scalloway Islands, lying north west of Burra in Shetland, Scotland. Oxna has an area of 68 hectares. The island has been uninhabited since the First World War, but there is a house which is still used as a holiday home. Papa island lies a few hundred metres to the east of Oxna's north coast.
Hildasay
Island
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Hildasay, also known as Hildisay, is an uninhabited island off the west coast of the Shetland Mainland.
Cheynies
Islet
The Cheynies are a group of reefs and small islands, between Oxna and Hildasay in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. They have been considerably eroded in the historic past, and some of the islands are still connected at low tides.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burwick and Scalloway.
Burwick
Hamlet
Burwick is a small peninsula north of Scalloway in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The Hill of Burwick rises to 107 metres, the Ness of Burwick is a headland that guards the bay of Bur Wick, and Burwick Holm is a small island with an elevation of about 10 metres, just off shore in the Scalloway Islands.
Scalloway
Scalloway is a fishing village in the Shetland Islands. It was the capital of these islands until 1708 when Lerwick supplanted it. The population in 2011 was 900.
The Deeps
- Type: Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.13421° or 60° 8′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.42153° or 1° 25′ 18″ westOpen location code
9CGW4HMH+M9OpenStreetMap ID
way 938048514OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
2651414
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